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^KETCHES OF THE RARBARY STATES.
( Concluded.")
The min* of Utica are far more interesting than those
*>f Carthage. This city never could have attained the
rhagnitude and importance of Carthage—its situatiQn, tlie
defect in ita maritime position, and its close approxima
tion to a place already of the highest political and com
mercial importance, would hat e prevented its men» e
beyond the scite which its ruins now' occupy. Accoru-
fm* to the calculation of Appian—Utica was nine tniici
from Cartilage—if this calculation be correct, the dis
tance m9st have been computed from the extreme poin
of Carthage to the nearest point of Utica,’ „s this city lies
west and by north’of Carthage, and according to the road
’whichissomewhatcircuitous.it is at this day near s.\-
iteen miles. We left Tunis by the gate leading to the
palice of Banlo, and passed through a modern aqueduct
built by Charles the fifth,for the purpose of introducing
the water into the fortress of the Gaspa. The aqueduct
Tj in good preservation and presents a nobie appearance,
.beyond this near six miles in'a westerly direction is part
of the aqueduct which brought the outer from Zawan to
Carthage upwards of twelve centuries have elapsed
since tfiis work was constructed—its duration appears
co-eval with time, and marks the difference between the
solid aud enterprising works of antiquity and the weak
- elforts of modern architecture.
We struck from the aqueduct to the northward, and
pursued a road lined with the olive and caroob tree, and
about seven notes from Tunis arrived at a country scat
of the bev’s, called Isabella.
' .The Moorish vi’U,.s and gardens bear little or nd^ffi-
r.itvto the warm and glowing descriptions of romance.
~\Ve look in vain for the splendid visubule, the columns
of porphyry—-the cooling fountains, the light verandas,
the windows of the Hamn and the impervious groves of
orange and pomgranate—we see indeed a contuseo. mass
of stone anil water ttirown together without taste or
'symmetry—long sallas in tiie Spanish style, and a few
fruit trees scattered promiscuously among groves ot oove
V—Isabella however is said to be the litotes* country pa
lace in the kingdom, and although tye architecture is
'Strictly Moorish the ornaments of the interior and in fact
the wifole of the internal arrangements are in tne lialkn
istvle. We were received by several Neapolitan slaves to
Vliose care the palace is assigned, anu who rtcelle due
flotice of each visit contempt; a d by the bey or any of
Ins family—we entered a spacious gateway over which a
srtmpvt had lieeiiQJiilt and on which several small brass
field pieces are placed—and pursued our way into the
hull which terminated in a view of a large tank or cistern
^<of water near out hundred feet square in \\ inch a sinnil
and nnc or two t.ignites in miniature beurin^ tue
•Ottoman fiig* were moored—around tiiis tuiiK whicii by
*Tlie Moors is calletfu jerbi and the water cf which riows
mo the gardens, ran*a ranee of marble columns sup
porting* a |M>riico from which the <loors ot the several
-Apurtments were seen. In three apartments there are no
furniture, the ceiling’ is^ ricnty ornamented yith stucco,
the wall inlaid with colored marble and a row or Utto-
' -i^nans on which cuski >ns are placed tonn ali the conte-
-oieuce aiffl ornament ot these palaces.
The slaves prepared coffee and kmonadefor us, and
the nii»!it approached they sealed i«»enisei% es on tire
jTi rvbie floor and g’a*c us a description ot then uufortu-
press Juba Faustina—we purchased tWhn for a tr.fle, m:o
proceeded to view tlie rums. Utica originally was built
on an eminence eif nearly a h/if nule in .*■ iiglh, and ex
tremely narrow-country, contrary howc’Vir-to the custom
pursued at Carthage and other important cities, the. pub
lic. buildings were built on the plain, and only the re
mains of an ahiphitheutre are to be seen on tlie eminence.
Utica must have been a. very small city; traces of the
wall by which it was surrounded are still discernible, it
took in the before mention.-J eminence, nfidtlie ’circum
ference of the whole city according to the best Calcula
tion, could not have been more than three miles.
The remains of the amphitheatre are a great "curiosity,
i* occupies nearly' the entire width of the eminence, but
there are no vestige of foundation or ruins to he seen—
it never could have been a* preprinted for gyrnnu'ic ex
ercises, chariot races or the. exhibition of gladiators, but
v. n» used for naurftachia or mock sett fights. Its form is
oval, ajsd about four hundred feet in circnnifiAence—the
depth from tlie surface of the earth is apparently ninety
feet, and as hear as We tsonld jutlgg^tlie water must have
occupied a depth of near ten fifet. This chasm, for so
it maybe called, has ah appearance peculiarly grand, anil
testifies-the liberality of the people, fdr whose amuse
ment it was originally constructed. The water was in
troduced into the cavity from the Bagrula, by means of
an aqueductj the ruins of which are still to be seen on the
eminence—it entered at one end and was let. out at the
other—the apertures for which, are still seen. The emi
nence or hill was sloped in order to give an easy- tnnvtice
into the amphitheatre—and from the present 'appearance
it might have contained near twenty thousand people.
The Romans were peculiarly attached to this species of
amusement. One of the largest am phi: he: dies in the
world and at present in the best preservation was built
for mock sea fights—it is at a j-iiccc called Elgin,’ about
nine milts from the sea, between Tunis and Tripoli, near
ifax, and will contain eighty thousand spectators.
We descended on the plain, in order to discover the
rums of the senate house, anti were naturally' attracted to
tiie largest pile as affording the most reasonable belief from
its situation and exC-nt, to be all that the ravages of
the Cloths and Vandals ha$ left of that celebrated edifice.
It was of stone mixed with a strong cement, and so com
pletely crumbled in ruins, that no correct idea could be
formed of its architecture or internal decorations. A
circumstance, however, lately occurred, which left no
room to doubt that this was the senatj; house. It is con
trary to the religious customs of Musselmen to dig for
the purpose of discovering any antiques, or as they term
it any coins or im ees belonging to the Christians. The
first ministe r was building a spkvlid mosque at Tunis,
and had given orders to dig among the r.uiti. of Cartilage
and Retira for columns of marble, many of which anei
several of various colours were found, and were new
polished for the mosque. While tiie Moors were dig
ging in Utica ami close to the pile of ruins which we con
cluded had been tlie senate Louse, they iliscoiered seve
ral marble statues which they bfongb* to tlie minis’er of
marine at the fortress of tiie Golettn, who permute -- to
view them. They were are* all imperfect, but had been
rendered more so by the barbarous custom of the Muors.
who mutilate every statue they discover bv striking off
the nose or breaking ail arm. One Was a collossui figure
in Roman dress, and was said to be a statue of Tr. jail—
it had lost its head, and at some distance from the figure
ahead was found and placed awkwardiv on the shoulders
of the statue—the head evidently did not belong to the
figure—it had a wreath of laurel bound round it, but was
mate siuia.iou, me length of time they had passed in j so liiutilated’and'the features destroyed, tiiat no traces
slavery, their native country, birth and family—it appear- I of tliem were left.. There wi re two figures of Vestals
‘ " L 1 without heads or arms, the*drapcry of which was in the
most perfect -ml delicate sty le of execution, the feet and
-eti strange to us, but not less true, that most of tiiese
Italians had been surprised by small parties of Tic ks Who
had landed freml their corsairs and made them prisoners.
We would naturally suppose that tlie terrors of captivity
joined to the facilky ot approaching the coast aticl effect
ing a landing would naturally induce the government to .
-adopt precaulionarv measures, such as fortifying the line j
of coast, arming tne people and embodying the militia
sandals were in complete priserv .tibn. There was also a
plain figure without drapery Vimr-ms, the head of winch
was apparently Rattened or cut off above the nose—it
is evident tint this head supported a part of ti.eiiqjm- or
portico of the senate—die smaller figures may have oc
cupied niches, several of which are still to he fouild, and
would tend t> afford a sure protection from the inroads j the colossal figure which appeared to be upwards of eight
of these pirates—but so it is that a territory of near six j feet in height might have occupied the centre of the hall,
hundred miles is wholly unprepared for resistance and t These statues col ec’ivtly were a grea* curiosity and a
"it does not unfreqaently happen that a boat'-, crew limit high value was in consequence placed- on them by the
tinder die cover of the night ami carry away whole faini- i minister.
lies into bondage. It would naturally be asked are j We discovered in Utica tt\p same number of subter-
tiese outrages committed for the sake ot gaining the va- > raneoe.s caverns and passages ns in Crirthnge, anil in our
lue of the ransom generally pad for a slave' or is it j survey of the ruins, were frequently in danger of falling
from hatred to the Christians? The motives are mixed I into them. One fact was strikingly apparent that the sea
-—•avarice h.is us full share, but religious prejudice is the j hail receded from I lie.; since its destruction nearly tn o
powerful incentive—many of these slaves were of res
pectable families—several had been twenty years presen
ters and bad almost lost all hope ot being restored to tneir
errantry. ‘ ‘ ....
At dawn of day we were awoke by the Singing of birds
which perched on the iron lattices of the windows and
regaled us with their niciodv. Cato had also been dis
turbed by tin se : warbiers a few minutes before iie ftil on
ills sword. We wi re a few leagues Only from Utica, and
felt the analogy of tiie situation—every thing around us
aooked flourishing—tiie country, the high road over
which tjie Roman legions Had marched, remained un-
-Tohangffd—tiie stern patriot and ins little senate Were no
more.
We mounted our horses, and preceded by a Janissary
ms a guide, we pursued them.Un roadfor about five miles
■"until it terminated by a narrow path cut from a uioun-
vtain which opened on an extensive plain at the extremity
<of which we perceived, on arising ground some scattered
Tuins. This was Utica.
We approaclicd a river*of about twenty yards wide
with steep banks—over which We crossed ill a flat, the
.remains of an ancient bridge were iii sight; the fresh
et had destroyed tiie piers which were decayed and partly
^sunken; our horses were safely ferried over, and we
turned to look hack on the river we had passed. How
frail are the rfopes of glory—how sure is the corroding
fvindoflinae—it was tiie Jf.igrada of*antiqui-v we had
passed, oil the banks of wiilcli Uegulus had killed the
enormous serpent—its strewn roiled sluggishly along,
indifferent to passing events. On the bank's of this river
Mnv called Booshai. by the Turks, have the legions of
Hannibal marched, the triumphant army of ficipio en
camped. How often, perhaps, has Cato paced its borders
deeply revolving in iiis m ud the slate of the republic,
an l the means necessary to s.ive the common cause front
shipwreck. How often on tint spot has the-stern patri
ot vowed to live free or die. How often lias the senate
released from the perplexing cares of their station, as
sembled' on its b ulks to meditate oti the high anil solemn
duties imposed on them. Here a Sempromus strongly
urging and fiercely supporting a call tor war, there Lu
cius mildly essaying to calm those turbulent feelings and
wearing constantly the silver smile of peace. A view of
tills spot is a collateral evidence, of history, the even.* of
which pass r .pidly oxer the mind as we trace the ruins of
those splendid edifice* which a spirited and liberal peo
ple hail reared. We passed through a small camp of
Bedouins or wandering Arabs who hud pitched their
tents, made of coarse hair cloth on tlie banks of the ri
ver. The nun was just rising and hrew a rich tint on the
surrounding country, lu front tv? h <d a view of the sea
and the distant island of Ziinbra, to tiie left iindera boid
•anil commanding promontory lay tlie town, of Porta Fa
rina, near wliich two or three of the t*y s cruisers were
moored—to the right and behind us, was an extensive
plain bounded by .narrow hills covered with verdure and
olive trees. Tlie air was pure anil soft as it is in Attica,
and we stopped near a tent to survey this ricli anil beau
tiful country, which a revolution of ages tiad thrown into
the power of barbarians. We were soon assailed by»the
Arab dags in tiie camp, wliich have the appearance of
wolves, and are' extremely fierce—our Jaiuiissary tried
to appease them in tiie Arabic language^ but not suc
ceeding, he drew his pistol from Iris belt with an intepfion
ot shooting one of them, which he was preventing from
doing by their being called qfif by their owners.
The Mussulmen are not fond of strangers. Their cold
and retiring disposition uusuits them for habits of social
intercourse. It is also contrary . o their laws and cus
toms for their women to expose their faces—and this is
strictly observed in their towns and cities, but in the
country these laws aTe uotWigidly enforced. 'The Arab
women and giris were employed about the tents in do
mestic purposes—they viewed ds with much indiffer
ence—the’sun had scorched them nearly black, they wore
large silver ear rings, and bracelets around their ancies,
and their appearance strongly reminded us of our Ame
rican squaws—one of them brought us a few pieces of
colored glass, and some coins w.hich she had found on
die ruins, two of them were small copper coins which
jure frequently found in the neighborhood, and are of lit
tle value, on one side is a NumicKan horr.i, i3.d on the
miles, as on the margin of die ruins we discovered seve
ral square blocks of stone, sc . iie of which were clamped
together with iron and formed a part of a mole, and m
one of those blocks an iron ring w..s fastened—these cir
cumstances joined to tlie appearance of the earth and sun
dry ridges or watermarks left no doubt on our minds
that barks or smalt vessels couhl originally come up to
the city; at present there is not a sufficient depth of wa
ter in tlie Bagratla for the conveyance of boats or sandals.
tVc finished our survey of Utica, which though, confin
ed to a much smaller space than Curtilage, is the most
interesting of the two places—anil we returned to Tunis.
Our party consisted of Americans, with one or two ex
ceptions, anil here it would n t be improper to remark,
tiiat though separated from these interesting spots by a
world of waters, inhabitants of an infant country, where
science and the arts though progressing with rapid
strides, have not attained maturity and perfection—they
were animated iiy a w:.l and industry—an enterprising
curiosity and a perfect knowledge of the i vents in lusiori
relating to this country, whicii did credit to their studies
and pursuits, anil when it is considered tiiat a favorite
breeze will waft us to the ruins of Carthage and Utica in
thirty days, it is to be hoped ’hat When the north of Afri
ca becomes more tranquil that many of cur citizens whose
leisure and means unite to jus’ify a voyage there, will
enrich their country with a mere general description of
the soil and climate—natural curiosities and historical
facts than we are y ct in possession of, relative to the states
in Barbary'. Jf.
. THE BARilAUV STATES.
• *
The Algerines are a brave nest of pirates, and have for
nearly three centuries, almost defied the efforts of Chris
tendom. The city is large, strong anil populous, con-
t.filing upwards of leW,t)UJ inhabitants, in lb-i-l, tlie
emperor Cliarees V incurred greater disgrace before this
city, than the glory he acquired at tlie battle of Pavia,
when he made Francis I a prisoner. At Algiers he lost
almost the whine of tlie finest fleet and army that ever
lyd sailed from Spain. In 163.5, the English limitr sir
John Xarborrougii, bombarded the ctly, and burnt ad tlie
shipping in tiie harbor. In 16£0, lord Dartmouth paid
tiie city a similar visit, r.nd tin ally destroyed titetr vessels.
But the city never could be .taken. In UTo tiie Spaniards
under general O’Rciiey, were repulsed with great slaugh
ter, winch was considered uu indelible disgrace to the
Spanish arms. The naval force no w sent against those
freebooters is the strongest ever sent from England on a
similar ert -’id. i low it wilt succeed, is not easy to fore-
tel, unless tne admiral's instructions were known. But it
may be presumed that this expedition is like our former
oner, the object is only to humble tiie enemy for the
time being, thereby affording him another opportunity of
renewing his audacious pursuits. Experience has proved
tiiat to crush loose hordes, a naval force is not adequate,
unless supported by numerous land forces. The Eu
ropean commerce will never be secure, until all the Bar
bary powers be permanently conquered, and tiie coun-'
try colonized. It ,>us often been a matter of astonishment,
why this lias not been attempted. The coasts of Barba-
ry, in point of fertility of soil, anil variety of valuable,
productions, yield to none on earth. Tripoli could be
made to produce as good crops of sugar, as Dutch Guiana,
Jamaica, or any island in the West-indies, besides all
kinds of tropical fruits. The same may be said of Tunis,
Algiers, and .Morocco. But tlie produce of those fine re
gions is not confined to luxuries; they .yield in great abun
dance all the necessaries, of life: ’Hie wheat and pulse of
Barbary are equal to any within the temperate zone, and
’fie Hocks of cuttle in those countries arc not surpassed
m France anil Spain for excellence. In the low grounds,
indigo and rice are raised with great success, of the finest
qualities. Those noble tracts of country present more
inviting fields for acquiring wealth and comfort than any
region in America. Indeed they niuv at some period, not
very distant, djmiiiish tlie intercourse between Europe,
America upd tqe West-lndics, should the views and policy
of die Europehn’natious be directed to Africa. In the
mean while much will depend oq what the British govern
ment has determined upon, shoitld the expedition under
ord Exmouth prove uiuucoessful.—Montreal JIaald.
diatthe.r tl g is abused by asetof des;>< radoes. win/ uin
i nothing but plunder, and extend their depredations to-
friends as well: sfoes. We have icon m/ily ius’ances re
ported of the robberies ffey have c nuuitled on Ameri
can anM British vessels, and the subjoined case of the
plunder of the Sylvia-A .in, of Philadelphia, is, perhaps,
among tiie most atroeioits. As for Britain, let her view
the matter in whatever light she may—bt.’,* for tin
United States, we venture to say, tiiat it is incumbent, on
them to protect the riglits and guard tiie property of
their citizens against every assailant. Our government
ought to employ all its disposable naval force to efli ct if
possible, the extermination of this.new race of pirates,
and thereby release itscoinmercadjrofn all apprehensions
on theiractount/ The case of flkSylvia>-Anii, related to
us by tlie master of that vessel, (wiioje arrival here in the
schooner. Olive-Branch, wits mentioned in our last) is
this:—The Sylviu-Atin, commanded i?y Alfred Hazard,
sailed from Maricaibo on tile 15th of August, bound to
Philadelphia. Oil the 18th, at 2 p. >t. passed Cape Tibe-
ron about one league distant and hauled up for the Spa
nish town of Donna Maria, intending to send tlie boat
ashore it that place fob vegetables, being slu.rt ol bread;
but when about two miles distant-from the town, tlr.y
fired a shot at the Sylvra-Ar.n. Captain Hazard imme
diately hoisted his coio;.: at fine main-peak, but in ten mi
nutes after another shot was fireft, winch fell w ithin a
few feet oi‘the schooner. Captain Hazard finding that
thfy paid no respect io the American §->g, thought it
best to bear aw ay immediately, and get out of reach Ot
their guns.
At 3 v. yt it fell Calm; saw j schooner at anchor in Pe
tit Riviere*from which a boat \Va d»-covered approach
ing the S' lvia-Ann. At 4 r. m. tiie bunt'came alongside
with five men, .who demanded the schooner's papers, on
delivering wlii'ch, captain Hazard asked iiu iVt the namt of
theirscho.iner, and to what n tion she belonged. 'They
replied tiiat she w as a fmtriotrc p.-ivu'.err, commissioned
In Bolivar, that she was'called the CnmmOilore Deci.tur.
(formerly an American vessel) and that she was com
manded hv a captain BotiC; hut cap*..in Hazard arie'r-
warc'ls learned tiiat his real name was Pmei. A* Iraif
past 4 p. m. they left the Sylvia-Ann and returned to their
own vessel, but in li u.f an hour afu-r, their boat c..nii
back agaih, \vKh about twenty men,armed with muskets,
pistols and cutlasses; ordered captain Hazard iiv.o the
boat and carried him on board the priv; t- tr. 'They also
took all the crew out of iliC Sylvia-Vnn, and carried the
cabin-boy on -board Vicir vessel, wi.ere they put sini in
irons, and holding a pistol to his br as;, tiirea'.eiit.i lmu
with instant death if he did not tell them in what par; ot
thy schooner captain H. had stowed away ins money.—
The boy thus intimidated, made tiie dtsirei! .disclosure,
whereupon they returned to the Sylvia-Anti, and plun
dered her of every article of the least v ine that they
epuld conveniently ry their rapacious hands upon, and
of wliich tin* following is a fist;
2000 Spanish Dollars,
180 Donh oons,
238 pounds of Silver, in liars,
One hundred weight ot while sugar, Cm* sextant, one
case instruments, log fines, spy-gia s, books, chart-, and
ail the ship and cabin stores They also plundered tlie
people of their dolling, taking e,en the fiats oii their
heads; they to >k captain Hazard’s watch from InS'tfib,
a gold chain from his neck, and a gold r n from ins fin
ger. To robbery they added insult and cruelty by beat
ing the crew of the Syivia-Ann, in u most barbarous man
ner, so that some of them were rendered unfit for duty.
At 7, captain }J. was permitted to return mi board nis ves
sel, wlitre lie f >und some ofthe privateer’s men still oc
cupied ia pill.iging, msled by two Spanish officers, who
had come' off front tlie fort! The officers demanded of
cap lam fi. 16 dollars for the two .shot they had fired at
him; when he informed them thit I’inel had robb: d iiim
of every thing, and requested they would go and stop
,'iim, which they promised to do, but did not. At thr< e
o’clock the next morning the privateer got under way
and stood to sea, the Spaniards making no eli'ort to stop
her.
Owing to. a calm which prevailed, tlie Sylv..i-Ann,
lay at anchor whexe she was brought to by tlie pirate,
until the 20th, when a breeze springing - up she ran, into
Jeremie, where she remained a short time and then
sailed for Port-au-Prince. From Port- ipPrinte cap
tain II. was proceeding home, when he was un
fortunately’ wrecked on (.peat Heneaga, in a tre
mendous hurricane. By great exertions they succeed
ed in saving a part of tiie cargo and the materials rf the
t-ylviu-Ann, when captain Hazard crossed to Baiacoain
a small boat, (leaving two men in charge of what « assay
ed i • n the yvreckj and applied to tiie commandant, Don
Louis, for assistance and permission to charter rn Ame
rican vessel to carry the cargo and materials of tfie byl-
y ia-Ann to the Unit; d States, which was refused; neither
could c. p*:un II. obtain, permis ion to return to Urea’
Heneaga yvitii provisions for the n.e:i fie h: fi left there,
and who ever* snftering for want. The commandant
threatened captain H. repeatefi-y tJiat he would put iiim
ill irons and send him to prison in case he made any at
tempt to leave B.rac-oa witiiout iiis special authority, hut
would assign no reason yviiatever for such itiifriendiy
.treatment. It was undei'Stood however, that the comm, n-
elant was fitting out a .Spanish.wsseI for the purpose of
seizing upon ttn property sa’. ed. Captain 11. yy.;s fin'l-.
(v so forum fie as to engage the American schooner
Olive tir.it’a-ii then at Harccoa, to take the iitile property
he had saved, from Heneaga and carry it to the I ni;.d
•Slates, whicii lie effected a itliout the knowledge of tlie
plbttipg robber, Don Louis.
•Thus between I’ct/sis and Spaniards o:i the oue hand,
and the fury of tiie elements ou the other captain Hazard
lias experienced a train of misfortunes as siuguLr ..s they
are iieavy; and from the prospect of a prosperous voyage,
he returns home nearly bereft of every tiling.—vYorJiUc
Herald, -3 / ul.",
From the Burlington Gazette of October 10.
The following is an extract of a letter from M. S. Sav-
yers, esq. to colonel ,f. K. Muiluny, United States’ army,
•dated Madeira, July 3,1816.
“Colonel Marpherstm* h s had one op-iortunitv since
be lias been here, of adding much to tlie well knoyy n hon
or of his ciiaracter. To tiie surprise and mortification ot
the merchants >f this- Islrtid, he carried his point with the
governor. It was on account ofthe American shipmaster,
who liad his ship fired upon in consequence of parting
her moorings a id driving to sea, and on Iiis getting i . o
tlie harbor again, was’inimedialely arrested and sent to
the cast.e. On information of which, colonel .M.tcpherson
went directly to the price and demanded the captain to
be released, yvhicli yvas refused. Colonel M. then went
to tiie castle, drew iiis syvord, passed the centineL and
ordenl tlie captain to follow him, which he did. After
liberating him, colonel M. returned to tiie governor and
informed him that as he was responsible for the conduct
of American citizens. He should not admit of their being
confined without being informed of the cau-c.”
* Colonel M. is consul of the United States for the
Island of Madeira, and was a distin 0 uislied officer during
tlie late war.
• FROM BUENOS AYRES.
We have been favored by a mercantile house in this
city witii tlie Buenos Ayres official Gazette of the 17th
August List, which, amongst other articles, contains a
minute detail of the several actions that took place in
April, between tlie patriots commanded by Manuel Padil
la; and the royalists of Peru, under Tacon; by .which it
appears that the latter had been constantly beaten, and
obliged to retreat in disorder, li ving behind a great
numberof yvounded; among them, several oft lie principal
officers. General Padilla attrihutesthe success ofthe pat
riots to the energy and spirit that pervaded the people of
every class throughout the country, more especially tiie la
dies:—among wliomieparticularly mentioned the lady of
the commander in chief, general Padilla; and also,
Dottna Juanita AZurdy, who, at the head of thirty pri
vates and two hundred countrymen, had put to flight tiie
enemy in several rencontres: in one of whicii, she ir.
person wrested from an ensign of a company tiie colors
which had been presented them for their bravery, mani
fested in the emiquest of the cities of La Paz,
Peru, Areq’iipa and Cuzco. The colots were richly
embroidered, and on the flag were figures enffiiemaiic of
their valor. The same Gazette contains the Tict of the
independence, which will • be published ifi •ur nexV—
jYcut-Tork Evening Pott, 2let ult.
Saturday Evenin
St ^Jovemtier 2
iSl
EXMOUTil AND THE- AU.K:{! N>S '
By the northern mail of yesterday tVt ,. '
favored with an extra sheet from the off;.-. " V
3 ork Gazette, containing French accounts of *
lord Exmouth’* expedition against the
r Mitre
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It is sur.ii as the Selfish policy of Engrinfi
to expect. On the 27th of August, u lfc \
commenced and lasted for six hours; at t
wiiicli, the English, though successful m ,1. *' ^
Barbarian navy, were obliged to haul off-
were they to tlie reception they met with,’
28i'n, the fiiet came U) anchor beyond trie '
non shot from the balterii s. On the 29;|,
place, and the preliminaries of a peace v ,
When the sine yun non, included in then:
with tlie treaty which commodore D.r C ’
with the same power, the heart exults v , ' v
the ihugrtaniimy ofthe one, but shrinks » : "
-hame from the mean, sordid and dis ’■
the other. The dey stipulates to set ail f..
his dominions at liberty; and, in f,litre, t• / '
jects of Eum’ieav powers not as s'r.t-es t,.
Here is a plain distinction between /;•
ricans. Tiie latter is thc **ht, by J-, nK | n
to be included within ffie-palc of civi i. , ir *'
this invidious discrimination? w t ‘ •;
tied to lier good offices as most @f the c; ,
ers? Is not our friendship to be us much n. ?. : "
tb our ports not of more importance th
nation in Europe? Our conduct, with reirrt
iriiari„ns, v
Vmerica, surely merited a bitter..*
►tiiaiiks to Providence and tiie gai-antrv of on-
stand in need of the succor of no nation- ri
abie and willing to resist* the t ioience of J] r . ,.i T
pie, when negot.-.ting with the B„
in ^outh-
knt;
tiier African or European, f
sent, however, tcacii us in wiu ii a,; w
• lie amicable professions of tb- F.n^u.s -.
Though A; .erica is made an exception h 1 is i ■ ■ I
treaty, tiie nations of Europe, In gc. r ' ,
but little more than we in Britain’s afir'on -
than they administer to her conifers ’ >
rosity would incline, of restoring the ‘hr.; .
seventy thousand dollars, (wi id:, hr virtne y .
treaty contracted between his i nltVin sri V
king of Naples paid the latter f.r rsnsrr.-.r-t , e
to ’die rightful o*ner, they arc :•) bee >,n |
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as an equivalent for tiie massacres at Ron. r
truth,tiiis is robbing the robber—i\- -.r a-
than humbling, the bandit ft.- the »:-ke of Li, ,.~
The promised securi’v of navigating fir Mg;. „
to the rest of Europe is illusive ami dor if.!. T- :
lation grants the dey tlie privilege of corn-re;
tilitics against every power other tl;an he
Netherlands. What guarantee is there, then.i;;
rate will strictly adhere to that promise, s'.-jcJ
tion is as advantageous to the commerce "f .-j
to hinri Will she go to war with him,btssc
course which secures to her the almost tr.. .a cj
poly of the Mediterranean trade, bec-ustriw
him merely to sav that he has renounced r-Ats
iias ever such a sentiiscnt entered the ; .:<jj
cabinet.
3Iad tlie been serious in the abolition of tilts
Europeans, and the annihilation of BarharLr d
other steps would she have adopted. Slifksfi
destruction of tiie corsair marine could nut i
recurrence of future aggression. V.'uiie lie 'I
held by the robbers, large vessels arc not : -.l
to assail merchantmen. During the tne
when th^surface of the Mediterranean is j;
niuror, or only covered with gentle ri,v”M
issue out, iff open row boats, surpii/.e a
and, to prevent detection, constrain, as ft
been the case, the crew to walk overbt
which shall ever compass-the suppre- t”
slavery must, with a large military form. - ‘ |
possi-ssion of the country, and either i V
port that hand of renegado Greeks, <lr r '-* ‘
skins, Mingrelians, and other fugitives !’ : -
ofthe Levantine, Euxine and Caspian sra’
long rioted on the blood and treasure o'
til such a method be adopted, we mus:
tempts to reform the Barbary states as rsrt! I
In tlie meantime, the odiousness v l j
of Britain has incurred for tlie sake of
commercial ascendancy in the MeditemnOj
be obliterated. The tears and sorrows cf th* r 1
widow, the childless matron and berts't v
fail to bringdown on hertiie,vengeanceof*n
very distant time, and a visitation of all
which her cupidity and avarice have alio lt *“"1
of nations more virtuous but less powcrftr ' J
sent moment, indeed, her external attitude is I
as her internal situation is miserably ^ lc r ‘ l
sidered, in tlie strictest sense of the expft
ofthe fcingdonvof Barbarossa; her soveftf*!
stipulated homage to that power, by contiws*l
ment of consular presents. Wc envyl> cr 1
she has assumed, her distempered n
chains. To us are dearer the iu;bnm i( - M
untainted liberty, our cabins and corn ft'
and woods with the nimble deer bound 1 j
leaves, than her diamonds in the east, or
ling fields over which she beholds the sc 11 I
Office of the JYrw-York
U nlnesdni/ morning. 1 , ■
ATTACK ON ttel
By the Boston mail we have ****
•particulars ot lord Exmoutli’s attach 0 -4
struction of tlie dev’s squadron
the European slaves—on whicii we co S
lized world. , „■ .
Boston-, Oe*ob’’ r j-Rtl
LATEST FROM ALGIERS-' -' gonkl
Yesterday arrived at this port, the raj r
et, 32 days'from Havre. By ^ pH
poiitelv farn shed by a friend I
tember 14 f from which we are ui- I
lowing translations: . r.Ttrfiri
- OFFICIAL ART ^
Fanis, September , pf .
The president of the Anti- j
yesterday, a private audicn*-* 0